Lincoln, NE ? For the first time ever, AAAA took home the first place trophy in the Large Team category at the Annual Capitol City Classic. Our team had 37 swimmers who competed over 4 days against ...

District Champs The District Championship meet is a great place for our swimmers to learn what prelims/finals competitions are all about. We had a blast coaching this meet and our swimmers brought th...

We are now Level 3 for Club Recognition Status. The Club Recognition program is a multi-tiered program created to recognize clubs that are successful and developing toward eligibility for the Club Exc...

Our team took 3rd place at LSC Championships this past weekend! What a great showing from all of our swimmers. It was great to see so many new participants at the younger level contributing to our te...

Dear AAAA Swimmers, This is week three of the Swim-A-Thon...the challenge is... Highest number of pledges and donations thus far (Not dependent on amount of money- just number of pledges and donation...

Thanks to all of the new families who came out to learn about AAAA. We had over 30 new athletes swim at our annual Fall tryouts. It is great to see that so many people in Lawrence and surrounding to...

Ad Astra Area Aquatics would like to welcome you to our Fall tryouts on August 13th and 14th from 5:30-6:30pm at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center. To join, your swimmer must be able to complete at l...

A special congrats to Marian Frick for landing in the top 20 in the country in her age group for her 50 breaststroke swim at LSC Championships. She is currently 15 th . Other swims that were also ve...

We had another great showing from our team this weekend at the LSC Championships both in the water and as co-hosts of the meet. Thanks to everyone for making this meet such a success! Our team finish...

Districts was awesome this year. What a beautiful weekend for swimming. We had 3 new LSC Championship qualifiers and even more event winners at this meet. New Qualifiers included: Maddie Dean Megan ...

Sorry for getting this out late! Please make plans to try and attend this great weekend about your chosen sport. Missouri Valley is hosting a Swimposium for all swimmers, parents, coaches, and offici...

Whenever a team goes to a meet that is scored as a team competition and your team does well ? it is a big deal. It?s an even bigger deal when over 88% of those athletes who contributed to the total p...

This past weekend featured great performances by 7 AAAA swimmers at the Annual Midwest All-Stars Meet here in Lawrence. The competition traveled from near and far as our LSC, Missouri Valley Swimming...

Not only did Ad Astra do a phenomenal job of hosting the Midwest Qualifier- we did just as well in the water. We had 44 athletes compete in the meet with many swimmers achieving new time standards. Th...

Lauren Amrein will be attending William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. She has earned the Presidential Scholarship for academics and will be swimming for the Cardinals. We have enjoyed Lauren on Ad As...

Congrats to Lucy Sirimongkhon-Dyck on her commitment to swim at the University of Nebraska Omaha! We look forward to seeing great things from her at the next level after she graduates this spring. T...

What a great turnout for our make-up Trunk or Treat on Wednesday! We had 61 swimmers participate with several competing in their first sanctioned meet. This is a huge step in our program. Meet parti...

Congrats to Katie for being awarded the job of Head Coach for the 2014 Missouri Valley All-Star team. She will lead over 75 swimmers from our LSC against some of the best swimmers from around the reg...

This past weekend we had great racing in Independence. It was a great warm-up meet for our upcoming meet in Columbia. We had 30 plus swimmers compete. We had the fastest 9-10 Boy, 9-10 Girl, and 11-12...

Canaan Campbell recently made a verbal commitment to Missouri State for his college choice. We are proud of Canaan and know that Missouri State will be a perfect fit for his next chapter in life. We w...

1) Show up Some of the best athletes I?ve known were good simply because they made swimming a priority. If there was practice, they were there ? it was that simple. Practice is practice for a reason...

Congrats to our Elite Athletes: Cierra Campbell was recognized last Friday at the Free State home game for her First Team All State Award and being 2nd Team All Metro. In addition, their relay was re...

Congrats to Chris Berry- Our Week 2 Swim-A-Thon Winner! Chris had 12 different donations for his total collection in the Swim-A-Thon last week. Chris will be awarded an Autographed memorabilia from ...

Over 30 athletes competed at the Rose Memorial swim meet in Lee's Summit on May 17-19 th . This was our second long course meet of the season without training long course meters. Our team did except...

Ad Astra competed in it?s first long course meet of the year last weekend in Topeka. This was the first time we had seen long course meters as a team. There were over 660 swimmers in attendance at t...

3/12/2013 By Jill Castle, MS, RD Parents and coaches want their swimmers to feel good, eat well and perform to their best ability. But that?s not always easy to accomplish when you have growing bodies...

By Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RD, CSSD A young swimmer asked me about after-practice recovery snacks, specifically if she needed a special product marketed as an ?after? workout recovery drink. She didn?t...

We had six 8 and Under swimmers compete at the 8 and Under MAL Championship Meet in Gladstone, MO. There were 187 swimmers (Record High) competing at this meet. The meet started out with a parade of...

The following is our meet schedule for the summer. I will also post it in the news section on the website so you can look there for reference. We have chosen the meets that we think are best for the...

Over 50 Swimmers for Ad Astra started the New Year at True Blue Igloo Meet in Topeka Kansas. The swimmers were ready to race after a hard two weeks of Holiday Training. The training paid off as we h...

It is never too late to celebrate a successful Swim-A-Thon... The AAAA Swim-A-Thon Awards Ceremony will take place on Wednesday January 16th at 6PM in the Indoor Aquatic Center. We will hand out cer...

As Ad Astra Area Aquatics grows, we want to continue to advance the structures of our Squads. This is a natural and necessary step in club growth. In our case, team growth and progress has been acce...

Anyone who has questions about the future of USA Swimming needs only to peruse the results from this past weekend. At the Minneapolis Grand Prix, Missy Franklin dominated the meet and swam to a number...

Thank you to everyone that has already turned in your Swim-A-Thon donations and pledges. We are still missing packets from swimmers that participated in the event. In order to participate in the awa...

Congrats to the following swimmers that achieved the Week 4 Challenge. The team went above and beyond the expectations. We not only had one swimmer achieve the challenge, but we had 10 swimmers! Cad...

Thank you to all those that emailed their current total donations. There were 40 Swimmers that helped achieve the $2500 Week 3 Challenge. All 40 of you will be enjoying a Pizza Party this week. More d...

Quad A had 39 athletes compete in the first meet of the season at the NLU Sprint Decathlon. We had several firsts for the team and several small successes for each athlete. Overall we had over 74% b...

I believe too many athletes, parents, and coaches feel that in order to be successful, you have to have a strong, like-minded group with which to train -- or at least one or two solid "training partne...

This past weekend, our LSC had our Coaches and House of Delegates Meeting. These meetings take place in the Fall and Spring. For those of you who do not know, I sit on the Executive Board for Missou...

Remember......to get FAST: You HAVE to work on your STROKE TECHNIQUE everyday! and You HAVE to TRAIN HARD everyday! and You Have to GET STRONGER in & out of the pool, multiple times per week! and Yo...

Get your AAAA Gear Today! Forms will be handed out at practice or you can print order forms from online. Click Here- Order Forms - (You must be logged on to view order form) THERE IS A 8.85% SALES TA...

It was such a great pleasure to come back to my home pool in my home town and see such fast swimming by AAAA swimmers in a setting where I used to train and compete myself. In short, we rocked at th...

We welcome you to come join Lawrence's only Athlete centered, Coach directed, Parent supported swim team. Our third season as a team aims to be better than ever! There are three days to come tryout ...

Ad Astra Area Aquatics made history at DI's this weekend - establishing a milestone for our club which will now go down in the record books. For the first time, AAAA finished 3rd in overall combined...

It is time to get pumped up for D1 Championships here in Lawrence, KS starting Friday morning at the Indoor Aquatic Center! With 37 athletes competing for AAAA, we are ready to take it to the next l...

The D2 results from our AAAA athletes have set the bar high for our next championship meet this upcoming weekend. The 22 athletes that competed in D2?s were positive, swam personal best times, quali...

Sectional Update Summer 2012 We had a very productive meet in Columbia this past week and had fun time swimming well. It is arguably the best sectional meet we have had as a group at AAAA. We had a ...

The high temperatures brought impressive results for AAAA swimmer?s that participated in Wave The Wheat over the past weekend. It was our highest attended meet of the summer and we did a great job re...

The Olympic Trials is the most intense sports event in the world. It?s steel sharpening steel. Just by qualifying, you?re in the 1% club. And the rest of us ? the 99% -- don?t mind celebrating swimmin...

Beach Bash Recap The weather didn't put a damper on AAAA's swimming at the 2012 Beach Bash. We had 40 athletes compete in the meet in Topeka and it was a perfect way to kick off the month of June fo...

Our two Olympic hopefuls had fun checking out the Trials pool this past weekend. Both Katie and Molly turned in great performances and we had a blast seeing the great facility. Molly was top 8 in th...

Early Bird Recap AAAA continued to swim personal best times, qualify for D2?s and D1?s, and qualify for Zones and Speedo Sectionals as we competed at the Early Bird Meet on Mother?s Day Weekend. 21 AA...

Successful Meet at Vorhees Maxfield On April 28 and 29th, twenty-three AAAA swimmers competed in our first meet of the season in Topeka. There were over 600 swimmers around the area that competed in t...

Thanks to everyone that attended tonight?s celebration. The 2nd Annual Golden Goggle Awards were a success, and we were happy that we could take time to celebrate a successful 2011-2012 season. For ...

Hello AAAA Families: Many of you know people wanting to get started in swimming and with AAAA. The first step in a swimming career is getting enrolled into a proper lesson program. AAAA is affiliate...

AAAA Domination at D1's AAAA went above and beyond the expectations at Division 1?s in Topeka this past weekend. Competing against 32 other teams in the LSC, AAAA finished 4th behind KCB, CSC, and TS...

AAAA sent its largest group ever and had a strong showing at the 2012 Speedo Sectionals in Jenks, OK. We took 15 athletes to Jenks, OK and competed against 600 top athletes from the Midwest. Our team ...

AAAA Starts Championship Season on High Note at D2's The past two weekends have been filled with fast and fun swimming. AAAA started the championship season on a high note. Mary Reed Weston, Simone He...

Our very own Katie Price swam her 100 Breaststroke in a time of 1:11.96 this morning at the Missouri Grand Prix meet. This time qualifies her for the Olympic Trials, alongside her 200 Breaststroke eve...

As we are just a couple weeks away from the Championship Season, we want to make sure everyone has their Championship Suits taken care of. If you are still looking please be aware that the Hydropeed ...

Hello AAAA Family We are pleased to announce formally that Katie Price has been named Head Age Group Coach of Ad Astra Area Aquatics. This is a huge step for our club and is a true mark of how far we...

We had a ton of success at True Blue this past weekend. A ton of best times, meet records, club records and new cuts highlighted the weekend. We had new swimmers, old swimmers and college swimmers at...

Please tell your pals about AAAA! Lawrence?s Premier Swim Program invites you to see what the excitement is about. Home to 3 Olympic Trial qualifiers -- the most in town! Please bring a suit, towel ...

The following AAAA swimmers were selected to the Missouri Valley Swimming Allstar team that will compete against other teams from Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa at the January...

Great job at the meets this past weekend. At Level 1s, we continued our strong swimming and had a ton of season bests. Highlights included Jarod Arroyo winning High Point and Heather Cistola earning ...

I came by this website recently -- perhaps I am the late person -- and I really liked some of the features. Take a look at some of the interviews and let me know what you think. I suggest Coach Urba...

5 of 5 AAAA Parent Education Series The most important thing you can do as the parent of a swimmer is to love and support your child, both in and out of the pool. This support is a key factor in foste...

Ad Astra Area Aquatics will have another representative at the 2012 Olympic Trial this summer in Omaha, Nebraska. This past Saturday evening, Katie Price finished 10th overall in the 200 Breaststroke...

Congrats to Katie for dropping over a second and placing top 16 in her 100 Breast at the Minnesota Grand Prix. This meet features over 30 National Team members and 16 Olympic Medalists this year... w...

Comet Parents and Swimmers: We are still going to celebrate the Comet's success with their Pizza Party on Monday, November 14th. We will swim for the firt 30 minutes and celebrate for the remainder of...

A few reminders for this week and beyond... Friday Workout - KU Swim Meet There is NO PRACTICE this Friday -- We are instead attending the KU vs. MU Swim Meet at Robinson Natatorium . The meet starts...

TRUNK OR TREAT=SUCCESS It was another successful weekend for Ad Astra Swimming. 34 swimmers participated in the Truck or Treat Meet in Topeka. Not only did we enjoy lots of candy, we also had severa...

4 of 5 AAAA Parent Education Series The most important thing you can do as the parent of a swimmer is to love and support your child, both in and out of the pool. This support is a key factor in foste...

I want to thank all of you that participated in the Swim-A-Thon. We had several swimmers reach their personal goals in lengths and in money. We are also on track to accomplish our team goal. I want ...

PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE FOR THE SWIM-A-THON! This is a reminder that this weekend (Saturday the 8th) is our Swim-A-Thon and Annual Meeting for AAAA. The schedule goes like this: 9-11AM Swim - Elit...

FINAL CHALLENGE for the SWIM-A-THON WEEK 4 CHALLENGE: This week's award goes to the swimmer(s) who has raised the most money in the past four weeks. Add your flat donations up and email Coach Katie ...

This week's challenge is the hardest of all Swim-A-Thon Challenges. WEEK 3 SWIM-A-THON CHALLENGE: This week's award will go to the swimmer(s) who acquire $2 per lap/length. Email Coach Katie if your ...

Do You Want to Try Something Different to Help Ad Astra Area Aquatics? We need more officials! It takes several officials to have an ?official? meet so the times that the kids swim count as official ...

Week 2 Swim-A-Thon Challenge: Highest Number of Pledges collected by Friday (Not Dependent on amount of money donated. The pledges can be from Start Date- not just during this week) Deadline: Friday ...

This social is a time to kick back, relax and have fun with the AAAA family, parents only please . Please plan on attending this fun event at Wayne & Larry's located next to Royal Crest Bowling Alle...

Welcome to the new AAAA season of swimming! Here is a little bit about our coaches. We are here to support your needs. If your questions are related to workouts, meets, events, goal setting, and oth...

Congrats to the participants of the D2 and Sectional meets this past weekend. It is obvious that many of our athletes have been working very hard this summer. For complete results for these meets, p...

After eating a healthy dinner with your families, let's head over for a treat at Orange Leaf. This will be a great time to bond and get ready for D1s this weekend. Where: Orange Leaf When: Thursday -...

The first team travel trip for AAAA was a complete blast! We got off to a rough start on Wednesday when we could not get our rental van, but we remained ?optimistic? and got to Indiana during the ear...

As Championship time approaches, please take the time to make sure of the following things: Mom and Dad Are your kids signed up for the appropriate meets Are you getting your child to workout Are you ...

Submit an application for Missouri Valley's "All Academic Team" using this form. Deadline for submission is August 30th of each year. Eligibility requirements can be found at the bottom of the form. P...

Thanks to those who came out to the first day of swimming for the summer Baldwin team -- the new extension of AAAA! We had a fun day meeting each other and getting wet. Tell your friends and neighbo...

Dear Ad Astra Area Aquatics, We want to thank you all for your care and concern for our son, Matthew, at this time. Thank you for organizing the fundraiser at Orange Leaf and for all your hard work a...

The following section of section of HB2182 discusses the dual participation rule adopted for Kansas as related to swimming. Many people have worked hard for this over the past few years to see this ...

We are hosting a fundraiser to suppor Matt - one of our STARS swimmers. Matt Reimer, a second-grader at Deerfield Elementary school, has been diagnosed with X-Linked Childhood Adrenoleukodystrophy (...

A beautiful day, exercise, face painting and McDuff - doesn't get much better than that! Thanks to all who helped! Look for more pictures on the Ad Astra Area Aquatics Facebook page - what! - yes, t...

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Golden Goggle Awards last night. We had a great time with each other revisiting the past year, having some laughs and recognizing some of the great accomplish...

AAAA athletes do a whole lot more than just swim; they are active in their schools and communities as well. Read more under our Wall Of Fame tab and don't forget to stop and congratulate our swimmers...

Many of you may have seen our brochures and flyers for 2011 lessons starting to circulate around town. We wanted to let you know that online enrollment will begin tomorrow- April 1st. Our session da...

We are Level 1 -- Way to go AAAA! The Club Recognition program is a multi-tiered program created to recognize clubs that are successful and developing toward eligibility for the Club Excellence prog...

I wanted to take the time to send a congrats to some of my former swimmers who had great years in college this year: Kendra Stern - Amherst Kendra swam for me in Albuqueque and had a great finish to...

Come join the Lawrence Parks and Rec Water Polo Club! What is Water Polo? It is an Olympic sport played in water with a ball, two goals, and two teams consisting of seven players. It is a combination ...

When: Sundays March 27th through May 15th from 3:00-5:00pm (excluding Easter Sunday 4/24) Costs: $40, ages 8-18. You can sign up online and at the pool. Call or text Maureen if you have questions at 8...

Team Dinner is this Wednesday at Godfathers. They are going to have a pizza and salad buffet ready for us at 7:30pm. They are going to charge us the lunch buffet price of $5.99 per person. Everybody w...

At the MAL meet this past weekend a coach from another team approached me and said, "Coach, your kids are awesome... Just awesome." I wanted to say... "You bet they are," but instead replied with a p...

This Sunday there will be a follow-up water polo clinic from 1-3 at the LIAC. For questions, please contact Maureen Primdahl at 847-400-7145. Maureen has passed on to me that there will be a charge o...

AAAA's very own Emma Reaney earned two top 10 performances in the country this past season. Each year, USA Swimming recognizes the top 10 performances by age in each of the competitive events. As not...

Come see what all the excitement is about. If your child has passed the higher levels of swim lesson instruction and can swim a length of freestyle, come on down. Don't forget to tell your friends a...

I want to start educating AAAA swimmers and parents on college swimming. This section is a start and will provide some insight on the process of swimming in college. From selecting a school to what ...

The Midwest (LSC Age Group) All-Stars Meet will take place on January 15-16, 2011, in Lawrence, KS. Athletes that wish to participate in this meet are also encouraged to submit an entry form using th...

We had a lot of best times this weekend, including some new Level 1 swims by Miranda Rohn, Emily Venters, Macy Frost and Eliot Eckersley. Sensational job! We will have a strong showing at Level 1 Ch...

AAAA athletes do a whole lot more than just swim; they are active in their schools and communities as well. Read more under our Wall Of Fame tab and don't forget to stop and congratulate our swimmers...

Missouri Valley Swimming maintains a running list of the top 8 swims in each Age Group throughout every season. We have created a link under Wall of Fame so that you can see how AAAA is doing during ...

Senior Katie Kelter has committed to swim at Morningside College in Sioux City, IA. She is looking to study nursing and will no doubt bring great leadership and dedication to the Lady Mustangs. Plea...

This coming Thursday, November 18th, we would like to have a pre-Columbia meet dinner at Chipotle on 6th Street. Plan on eating dinner out with us after workout. We will release from workout (Astero...

When around a dozen college coaches and recruiters called Lawrence High senior Emma Reaney on July 1 ? the first day they could ? Reaney didn?t just listen to their pitches. Since she was oblivious ab...

Feature by Tonya Nascimento, Swimming World intern TALLAHASSEE, Florida, October 22. HAVE you ever woken up confused or in a panic as a result of what you were dreaming? The images in your dream were ...

Trunk or Treat is this Friday and we want to get as many people to this fun meet as possible. This is a beginner meet and is primarily for fun. Elite, Senior and Parents will be in charge of decorat...

PLEASE SIGN UP SO WE KNOW HOW MANY ARE ATTENDING This new boot camp is for AAAA?s younger athletes in Stars, Comets, Asteroids. If you are interested in joining us, please sign up here. We need to h...

AAAA was represented very well at the meet this past weekend. We had 35 swimmers entered in the meet with lots of new faces at a swim meet for the first time.... very cool! We took first place overa...

Just this week, Emma Reaney commited to swim for the University of Notre Dame. She will swim under coach Brian Barnes and will bring depth to an already strong Notre Dame Women's squad. In the words...

Nutritional Cheat Sheet BY MIKE MEJIA, M.S., C.S.C.S//Special Correspondent Keep in mind that in order for nutrition to have an appreciable impact on your performance, you have to eat the right way on...

FUELING YOUR STROKE Six 200?s descending on five minutes. Twenty-five 50?s on :58. Whatever your ?favorite,? every set during every workout and dryland session requires energy. Nutrients are the ?chem...

WHAT: The Splash Bash is a watch party that allows us to view the NBC coverage of the Pan Pacific Championship in Irvine from August 18th-22nd. For those of you who aren?t aware, the Pan Pacific Champ...

Here is a recap of Ad Astra Area Aquatics season one.... in pictures. Please send more pictures to patrick@adastraareaaquatics.org if you have them. This picture is a little older, but did not get en...

At Division 1 Championships we had some great swims in the hot sun. As a team we placed 3rd in our Division (50 swimmers and under). The highlights included our 11-12 relays which placed 1st in the ...

The 2010 ConocoPhillips National Championships were held Aug. 3-7, 2010 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine, Calif. The event served as trials for numerous events, including the 201...

Irvine, Calif. ? Emma Reaney and Molly Albrecht of Ad Astra Area Aquatics have performed well at the ConocoPhillips National Championships through Thursday. Reaney placed 106th in the 100 Fly, 92nd i...

The 2010 ConocoPhillips National Championships will be held Aug. 3-7 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine, Calif. The event will also serve as trials for numerous events, including t...

Here is a quick update on Sectionals.... We are rocking here!!! I will try and get a complete update when the meet is over. Here are the team scores, a few pictures and a link to the results so far....